PayPal Holdings, Inc. Business Segments — Sales and marketing remained flat by 0.0% to $518.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 6.1%, from $488.00M to $518.00M.
An increase may signal aggressive growth strategies, while a decrease might indicate a focus on profitability or reduced market investment.
This captures the costs related to acquiring new customers, retaining existing ones, and promoting the segment's product...
Standard operating expense category across all industries.
pypl_segment_reportable_segment_sales_and_marketing| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $628.00M | $549.00M | $666.00M | $594.00M | $564.25M | $595.00M | $564.25M | $544.00M | $564.25M | $524.00M | $564.25M | $436.00M | $452.25M | $465.00M | $452.25M | $442.00M | $452.25M | $466.00M | $452.25M | $421.00M | $421.00M | $446.00M | $446.00M | $508.00M | $508.00M | $626.00M | $626.00M | $488.00M | $488.00M | $583.00M | $583.00M | $521.00M | $521.00M | $691.00M | $691.00M | $518.00M | $518.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -12.6% | +21.3% | -10.8% | -5.0% | +5.4% | -5.2% | -3.6% | +3.7% | -7.1% | +7.7% | -22.7% | +3.7% | +2.8% | -2.7% | -2.3% | +2.3% | +3.0% | -3.0% | -6.9% | +0.0% | +5.9% | +0.0% | +13.9% | +0.0% | +23.2% | +0.0% | -22.0% | +0.0% | +19.5% | +0.0% | -10.6% | +0.0% | +32.6% | +0.0% | -25.0% | +0.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | — | -5.3% | -10.2% | -0.9% | +2.8% | -21.3% | -15.3% | -26.6% | -23.9% | -21.8% | -24.0% | -18.8% | -16.9% | -11.1% | -13.7% | -3.4% | -3.4% | -4.1% | -4.1% | +14.9% | +14.9% | +34.3% | +34.3% | +15.9% | +15.9% | +30.7% | +30.7% | +2.6% | +2.6% | +10.4% | +10.4% | +6.1% | +6.1% |